Your Easy Access tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-868440519625664122011-01-19T22:47:57-07:00An information service for disabled people.
TypePadHealth Care — House of Representatives Pulling Your Stringstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133f5147cb8970b0148c7cc9878970c2011-01-19T22:47:57-07:002011-01-19T22:47:57-07:00The great threat by the Republican House to repeal the Affordable Care Act has amounted to nothing but a cruel scare tactic. GOP House members, knowing their political party doesn't have the votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act should the supposed legislation have passed gone on to the Senate,...Nan2011 -- The Year of YOUR Health caretag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133f5147cb8970b0148c758206a970c2011-01-05T18:47:11-07:002011-01-06T00:40:34-07:002011 is shaping up to be the year Republicans and Democrats will be tearing at each other to either destroy (R) or barely maintain (D) the healthcare reform program passed into law in 2010. This is why you will now find a special section in the sidebar dedicated to political...NanThere are no death panels, none!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133f5147cb8970b0148c72951b4970c2010-12-29T20:19:47-07:002010-12-29T20:19:19-07:00There are no death panels.The big lie is back and you'll soon be hearing a lot about how "Obamacare" is about to force you to give up your right to decide on what end-of-life care you want. This is because on January 1m 2911 President Obama will sign a new...NanAll I want for Christmastag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133f5147cb8970b0147e0e932a2970b2010-12-21T17:19:41-07:002010-12-21T17:18:35-07:00What’s in a word? Well, if we're talking about nouns we're talking about “naming” words, words that identify things, that identify us. You have a name, mine is Nancy. Some people call me Nancy, others call me Nance, and when I’m writing this blog I am Nan. I particularly love...NanDisabled workers can help the disabled economytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133f5147cb8970b0148c6b2ff21970c2010-12-13T17:46:27-07:002010-12-13T17:46:27-07:00As I wrote in the Albuquerque, NM edition of Examiner.com, it is possible to return to work part-time and not lose your SSDI benefit. While not all disabled people are able to return to work in any capacity, many are. Now that the annual cost of living increase (COLA) has...NanSSDI -- clear thinking and a proposed solutiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133f5147cb8970b0148c69bfb29970c2010-12-10T22:17:55-07:002010-12-10T22:17:55-07:00Making Disability Work by Peter Orszag in the New York Times has been all over the internet and for good reason: Orszag has presented a sane solution to the issue of rising disability clains -- and he doesn't blame the disabled. The article is well worth a thoughtful read, and...NanAccessible Holidaystag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133f5147cb8970b0147e067628f970b2010-12-06T18:32:20-07:002010-12-06T18:32:20-07:00Oh yes, it definitely can be done. Take a break from your holiday preparations and go out to dinner or lunch with a friend. Decide where you would like to meet your friend and call ahead to be sure the restaurant or café is handicap accessible. And remember: what we...NanSSDI -- We earned it!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133f5147cb8970b0147e052da29970b2010-12-02T23:45:07-07:002010-12-02T18:55:45-07:00Tad DeHaven writes for CATO@LIBERTY and he says of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) that "What was supposed to be a narrowly tailored program to help individuals who could no longer work has blossomed into a gigantic budgetary burden that acts more like an unemployment program. Indeed, the number of...NanDISABILITY IS NOT SHAMEFUL!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133f5147cb8970b0147e04cf281970b2010-12-01T19:49:18-07:002010-12-01T21:25:07-07:00The balance of power in the Congress has changed recently with Republicans and anti-government "Tea party" adherents openly proclaiming their dislike of Social Security and Social Security Disability and their determination to cut the programs. Their thinking can be found in this recent dispatch from the CATO Institute: SSDI unsustainable....NanCollege Students: Know Your Rightstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a0133f5147cb8970b01348978a40a970c2010-11-23T21:55:53-07:002010-11-23T21:55:53-07:00At the University of Massachusetts disabled students have someone in their corner. The university's Office of Disability Services ensures that every disabled student will have accessible housing, accessible classroom facilities, and more. While its attention to the needs of disabled students is exemplary, UMass is not alone among American universities...Nan